Stories tagged with: Floods

The Crooksville Fire Department knocked on every door at Village Green Apartments Tuesday morning and told everyone to evacuate immediately. When residents arrived back home Wednesday morning, the water had receded but there homes were destroyed. Angela Wayne, a resident at the apartment complex, has salvaged what she could, which is only a couple bags of clothes.

"Yesterday me and my daughter got woke up and we had literally 15 minutes to get stuff put up," said Wayne....

The Muskingum County Emergency Management Agency acts as a watchdog that is prepared to assist during weather storms.

Director Bo Keck says his day starts early when he receives notifications through his cell phone of any weather watches or warnings. Next, he goes onto a computer to check the United States Geological Survey in order to view the water levels for all the waterways in our area. Keck says it's crucial to watch these different levels.